‘Deep State’ Alumni Rally Around McCabe

Numerous former “Deep State” operatives, politicians, and media figures united behind former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Twitter in the wake of his termination Friday night.

Former CIA Director John Brennan sent an ominous tweet Saturday calling Trump a “disgraced demagogue” who will eventually land “in the dustbin of history.”

When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history. You may scapegoat Andy McCabe, but you will not destroy America…America will triumph over you. https://t.co/uKppoDbduj

Obama-era former Attorney General Eric Holder was also critical of the decision, calling it “dangerous.”

Analyze McCabe firing on two levels: the substance and the timing. We don’t know enough about the substance yet. The timing appears cruel and a cave that compromised DOJ independence to please an increasingly erratic President who should’ve played no role here. This is dangerous

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow launched into a conspiracy theory about Trump supposedly trying to “discredit” McCabe as a “corroborating witness for Comey’s account of his firing.”

If McCabe is right that these actions against him are intended discredit him as a corroborating witness for Comey’s account of his firing, then the invective and taunting by POTUS have a purpose: make sure McCabe will be seen as having good reason to hold a grudge vs POTUS.

The same logic applies to Comey and all the other corroborating witnesses. The more they’re mistreated (unjustly maligned, randomly demoted, etc) by POTUS, the more “biased” vs the President they will be made to seem.

Incidentally, that’s part of why witnesses are supposed to be protected. It’s not just about their physical safety, it’s also about treatment of them (by parties related to the matter they witnessed) that’s designed to queer the case.

The fix was in from Donald Trump when he tweeted 90 days ago his threat about McCabe’s pension. This is a complete disgrace. Sure to exacerbate concerns among “the generals” about his conduct in office.

California Rep. Eric Swalwell tweeted a message to the president about who “will be fired soon.”

Gloat now, but you will be fired soon. And it’s not going to be done cowardly, as you’ve done to so many who’ve served you. There’s a storm gathering, Mr. President, and it’s going to wipe out you and your corrupt organization all the way down to the studs. https://t.co/I0UlNAlwxI

New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell called it a “disgrace to this country and our law enforcement community.”

McCabe’s dismissal in the dead of night is a disgrace to this country and our law enforcement community. Every day they vandalize our democracy and harm our institutions, and @HouseGOP does nothing. https://t.co/x52aClSvQo